Tangria Jazz Group

Genre: Jazz
Secondary Genre: World Oakland, California USA Contact

Tangria plays jazz, adding funk, Latin, world music & blues to originals & standards. Check out Tangria's world jazz (cdbaby.com/cd/tangria3 Bamako .... & cdbaby.com/cd/tangria2 Warm), funk (cdbaby.com/cd/tangria1 Inner Urge) and rock (ex. All Nighter) from Tangria Music Productions.

Artist Information

Biography

Tangria Jazz Group is becoming a fixture in the Bay Area jazz scene. The group's unique blend of intensity and sensitivity sets them apart. Formed in the spring of 1997, Tangria Jazz Group has developed a rich, captivating sound that brings new contributions to bear upon the genres of Latin, funk and straight-ahead jazz with original music and fresh takes on jazz standards.

Each player brings an individual style and impressive talent to the group, always keeping Tangria's sound interesting and dynamic. Their influences range from Ellington to Jobim, from Miles Davis to Joe Henderson. Simon Rochester on Rhodes piano draws upon the intricate and lush contributions left by Herbie Hancock and Bill Evans. The intensity and explosiveness of Tony Williams and the delicateness of Billy Higgins are apparent in drummer Sheryl Mebane's playing. In addition to their influences, you'll also hear freshness, personal expression, and a unique identity, especially in their own compositions.

We hope you enjoy the music of Tangria Jazz Group.

Check out www.tangria.net/shows.html for our updated calendar.

Check out http://tangria.net/productions.html to learn more about Tangria Music Productions, our pop, rock, vocal jazz and funk projects.

Instrumentation

Simon Rochester-keys
Sheryl Mebane-drums

Vicky Grossi, Justin Hellman-bass sometimes

Greg Yim-guitar for Mebane Productions

Discography

Tangria Jazz Group (7 tracks, 2008): Self-titled CD sharing world jazz themes.

Mebane's Eleven (11 tracks, 2006):
played on 100 radio stations; Listen to all the tracks at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tangria2
(ex. world jazz track 'Warm')

Songs from Lady Bird (10 tracks, 2003):
see www.pearlstreetpublishing.com for the related book and www.geocities.com/sherylmebane/spokenLadyBird.mp3 for a spoken word performance from the book; Listen to all the tracks at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tangria1 (ex. funk jazz track 'Inner Urge')

Audio

Video

Photo Gallery

  • Tangria's Core Members

  • Simon at our weekly Vignette Show

  • Tangria at a Casual Gig

  • Sheryl (drummer/composer) looking serious

Press

  • Mish Mash Music Reviews [+ Show ]

    Hailing from the Bay Area with female drummer Sheryl Mebane as its leader, the Tangria Jazz Group ba...

  • Dan McClenaghan [+ Show ]

    ”Little melodies come to me when I'm walking.” So says drummer/percussionist/composer Sheryl Mebane,...

  • Adam Greenberg [+ Show ]

    From the hands of a set of Bay Area grad students (in chemistry and physics, no less) comes this set...

  • C. Michael Bailey [+ Show ]

    The Tangria Jazz Group is ostensibly a jazz piano trio made up of brainiacs from all over the map. D...

  • John Book [+ Show ]

    I'm a fan of cover art, and I like to see how an artist uses cover art to give hints of what the mus...

  • Peter Poses, Host of "OverNight Jazz: The Soundz Of Surprize" [+ Show ]

    The music of The Tangria Jazz Group's 'Mebane's Eleven: Tunes For Two' is like a pleated skirt swayi...

  • Edward Blanco [+ Show ]

    Acclaimed as one of the up and coming jazz bands of the Bay Area jazz scene, Tangria Jazz group’s la...

  • Chris Spector [+ Show ]

    The leader is a chick drummer with a musical education that she hasn't let go to her head enough to ...

Setlist

We play standards from bebop, fusion and beyond as well as originals. Our sets usually last 1 hour. Our tunes usually last 5-8 minutes.

1 Teach Yourself to Live Elsewhere (original)
2 Recordame
3 Maiden Voyage
4 Red Clay
5 Blues for Alice
6 Ethan�s Song (original)
7 Speak No Evil
8 Inner Urge
9 I Love You
10 Windows
11 Freedom Jazz Dance
12 Money Time (original)
13 Mr. PC
14 Israel
15 Naima
16 Solar
17 Lady Bird
18 Nature Boy
19 Impressions
20 Isotope

Basic Requirements

Calendar

There are no upcoming dates at this time.